The 2016/7 Rugby Union Thread

[Doon frae Troon]

Japan supping at the top table now.

Crucial game for Scotland coming up, 8th v 9th in the world rankings going into the draw.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Disappointing to see Scotland re-ranked as 7th in the World rankings.

[sorry for earlier error, my wife keeps telling me I need a hearing aid, or that may have been brain]

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Doon - Who do you think you should be above?

 

[Val]

Disappointing to see Scotland re-ranked as 7th in the World rankings.

[sorry for earlier error, my wife keeps telling me I need a hearing aid, or that may have been brain]

Diasappointed? I'm delighted at 7th as I don't believe currently we are 7th best in the world. We "should" beat Georgia this week and we have a home start in the 6 nations all be it to Ireland and a further 2 home matches which gives us a chance to cement a good ranking heading into the World Cup draw in May

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Doon - Who do you think you should be above?

We are fine as we are........I 'miss-heard' a radio report. [SOF syndrome.:lol:]
It looks like we should be in the top eight seeds for the WC draw

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Big blow for the egos of the French.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

The strength of the England Rugby bench is quite impressive, didn't realise we had so much depth.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The strength of the England Rugby bench is quite impressive, didn't realise we had so much depth.

And that's without two of the best players out injured as well plus a number of others unavailable

Nothing better than beatjnf the Aussies

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Enjoyed that, 2nd half was a lot more one sided than I expected at half time.

 

[MegaSteve]

Lots of broken hearts amongst the ABE brigade...

 

[Paperboy]

Itoje played 80 minutes for Sarries at Bath today. Looked very good, but the Blues took the points in the end.

Happy Bath fan here, 2 from 2 I've seen live this year

 

[fundy]

Itoje played 80 minutes for Sarries at Bath today. Looked very good, but the Blues took the points in the end.

Happy Bath fan here, 2 from 2 I've seen live this year

from what ive heard we were awful first half and you deserved the win. strange decision to kick to the corner late on then missed last minute kick too

 

[GB72]

Sign of a good coach who can turn it around like that. Another year and we should be ready for NZ.

 

[SocketRocket]

Quote: We were playing the best team in the world at the moment and England were.

 

[Paperboy]

from what ive heard we were awful first half and you deserved the win. strange decision to kick to the corner late on then missed last minute kick too

Could've gone either way at the end. We squandered a lot of territory by kicking straight down Goodes throats in the second half.

But our defence in the second half was immense! Last season we would have rolled over this year, not playing great rugby but winning ugly!!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Finally sat through the whole England v Australia game yesterday. Really enjoyed it. England were slow out of the blocks and could have been a long way behind but once they started playing they were good. Australia don't look like the strong sides of old. I don't think England would beat the All Blacks, certainly in a test series but I could see them scaring the living daylights out of them.

Jones has installed a massive degree of belief I haven't really seen from 1-15 since the Woodward world cup winning side and (last week's red card aside) there is far better discipline in the side, especially in defence. I really enjoyed watching it. Roll on the six nations

 

[Val]

Well, I didn't see that coming. Awesome from Glasgow yesterday in Paris. Need to follow it up with a win at home too then it looks to be a straight shoot out between us and Munster. Hopefully Leicester can do us a favour next weekend

 

[GB72]

A cracking win for you and I would be happy to see you or Munster go through. I am at the match next week and sadly see nothing but another loss. May be the old romanticism me but can see Munster going all the st this year

 

[Val]

A cracking win for you and I would be happy to see you or Munster go through. I am at the match next week and sadly see nothing but another loss. May be the old romanticism me but can see Munster going all the st this year

The have looked pretty good to be fair, sad how it all came about and I'm sure they'd all love different circumstances but their Paris postponement may have done them a favour

 

[Val]

I should say although it shouldn't be a surprise but Dylan Hartley???? Crackpot